New Introductions
These exciting plants are our new additions for 2007.
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Agastache 'Blue Fortune'Common Name: Hyssop
Long lasting, deep blue-purple terminal spikes soar above the green, licorice scented foliage. Very heat and drought tolerant....
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Ajuga reptans 'Party Colors' PPAFCommon Name: Bugleweed
This plant is a real party in any garden setting! Striking range of variegated mint-green, ivory and burgundy/salmon foliage topped with a blue party favor flower! 'Party Colors' is a little slower to grow with rounder, thicker leaves....
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Alcea 'Creme de Cassis'Common Name: Hollyhock
Superb hollyhock with raspberry-red eyezone and a small, yellow throat that fades to a lighter color.
An interesting combination of double, semi-double and single flowers can be found on the same stem....
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Allium lilaceae 'Summer Beauty'Common Name: Ornamental Onion
This variety features large chartreuse blooms on strong stems for an extended period. Neat, upright foliage after flowering. Drought tolerant and long lived....
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Aster laevis 'Blue Autumn' PP17,400Common Name: Smooth Aster
This Aster has a nice, compact mounding habit and is covered with hundreds of daisy-like deep blue flowers. Dark green, hairless leaves are smooth to the touch, as are the stems....
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Astilbe chinensis 'Visions in Pink' PP11,860Common Name: Chinese False Spirea
'Visions in Pink' is a lovely, compact cultivar which features a foliage mound of blue-green leaves and thick panicles of frosted pink flowers....
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Astilbe chinensis 'Visions in Red' PP11,965Common Name: Chinese False Spirea
'Visions in Red' has fragrant magenta-purplemflowers with reddish stems. In spring the foliage has a bronze-red tint to it....
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Astrantia major 'Roma' PP11,470Common Name: Masterwort
This beauty produces branched heads of silvery-soft pink pincushion flowers surrounded by a ruff of greenish-pink bracts....
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Baptisia 'Solar Flare' PPAFCommon Name: False Indigo
Tall spikes of pea flowers start out a pleasing lemon-yellow, taking on a unique orange blush with age. Habit is very vase-shaped. This is a new and exciting vigorous grower that will mature to producing over 100 stems! Blue-green foliage remains ...
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Baptisia leucanthaCommon Name: White False Indigo
Very striking when blooming in June with white, pea-like flowers. The velvety, blue-green leaves are attractive all summer long. A native to the Midwest....
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Baptisia x 'Midnight Prairieblues' PPAFCommon Name: False Indigo
This stunning new Baptisia has an upright, vase habit with long infolerescences. Long, intermingling blooming season of periwinkle blue!...
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Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Eldorado' PP16,486Common Name: Reed Grass
Upright clumps composed of narrow, green leaves with a bright gold midrib. Early summer brings feathery plumes that last all season, aged to an attractive wheat shade.....
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Campanula persicifolia 'La Belle'Common Name: Peachleaf Bellflower
Loose racemes of broad, double, bell-shaped, sky-blue flowers on upright stems over evergreen basal foliage.
Nice, compact growth habit....
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Caryopteris 'First Choice' PP11,958Common Name: Bluemist Shrub
This Bluemist Shrub features compact mounds of foliage and fragrant dark purple-blue flowers.
Earlier flowering and more floriferous hybrid....
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Caryopteris 'Hint of Gold' PPAFCommon Name: Bluemist Shrub
Compact bluemist with large, serrated, golden-yellow foliage that lightens in the center and nicely contrasting violet-blue flower....
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Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Sunshine Blue' PPAFCommon Name: Bluemist Shrub
A compact Bluemist Shrub that is strong and spectacular with golden-yellow foliage and contrasting, rich blue blooms....
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Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips'Common Name: Turtlehead
Lustrous, deep green foliage topped with rose-pink turtlehead flowers.
Red stems persist most of the season. Bronze early spring foliage....
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Coreopsis 'Jethro Tull' PPAFCommon Name: Tickseed
New, floriferous variety with a single row of fluted golden-yellow flowers.
Blooms mid-spring far into summer!...
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Coreopsis 'Full Moon' PPAFCommon Name: Tickseed
Very large, 3" canary yellow, single flowers on very sturdy stems. This is a very well-branched variety- new and exciting!!!!...
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Coreopsis 'Red Shift' PPAFCommon Name: Tickseed
New, exciting Tickseed that shifts from yellow with red center to deep velvety-red bloom in fall. Flowers are 4" with a very long bloom time....
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Coreopsis grandiflora 'Sunfire'Common Name: Tickseed
Each brilliant yellow face features bold, wine-red marks. Flowers start blooming even earlier than most Coreopsis and continue into the fall!...
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Delphinium 'M.F. Dark Blue/Dark Bee'Common Name: Larkspur
Double, shocking blue flowers with a dark bee. Strong Stems make this Larkspur, and those in its series, excellent for cutting....
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Dianthus 'First Love'Common Name: Cheddar Pinks
A beautiful clump-forming, heavily fringed, hybrid cheddar pink. Noted for the changing colors of white to pink to lavender rose. Wonderful spicy fragrance!...
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Dianthus 'Pop Star' PP18,222Common Name: Cheddar Pinks
Beautiful, deeply fringed, double, lavender flowers with a cherry eye. Forms a very tidy mound....
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Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Lavender'Common Name: Foxglove
Textured green foliage with horizontal, tubular, lavender flowers with spotted throats.
These are the first F1 hybrids and are prolific in their first year, even more in their second, producing a mass of secondary spikes as the main show starts to f...
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Digitalis purpurea 'Camelot Rose'Common Name: Foxglove
Rose blooms that are held horizontally to see the spotted throats and green, textured foliage....
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Dracocephalum argunense 'Fuji Blue'Common Name: Dragon's Heart
This enchanting, long lived perennial boasts needle-like, leathery green foliage forming compact, durable 1" clumps. Brilliant blue helmet-shaped flowers, each highlighted with a light blue lip....
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Echinacea 'Coconut Lime' PP18,617Common Name: White Coneflower
THE FIRST DOUBLE WHITE CONEFLOWER! It features a stout, sturdy habit and numerous double pom-pom like flowers. Lime floret cone is surrounded by a ring of pale white petals. Stems are very strong, in order to support this new and exciting Echinace...
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Echinacea purpurea 'Fatal Attraction' PP18,429Common Name: Coneflower
This fragrant, upright coneflower is a real garden attraction! Deep-magenta, up-turned petals on very strong, dark stems. Great for cutting....
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Echinacea purpurea 'Green Envy' PPAFCommon Name: Coneflower
A very unique conflower to be envied by all! Lime-green petals with rosy-magenta accents surround the deep green center cone....
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Echinacea purpurea 'Virgin' PP18,684Common Name: White Coneflower
Large, fragrant, pure-white double row of ray petals with a green cone....
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Eupatorium 'Phantom' PP18,354Common Name: Joe Pye Weed
Dark green leaves appear in whorls on sturdy stems. Foliage ages to a dark, chocolate-brown with sprays of wine-red flowers from mid-summer to early fall....
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Euphorbia 'Blackbird' PP17,178Common Name: Spurge
This spurge's form is compact with bushy mounds of exceptionally dark, velvety-purple foliage that darkens in sun. Electric yellow flowers turn on in the spring to contrast with foliage....
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Euphorbia myrsinitesCommon Name: Donkey Tail
Oval, blue-green, fleshy, succulent-like leaves are arranged in close spirals around the stems. Greenish flowers with showy yellow bracts in spring....
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Fallopia japonica 'Variegata'Common Name: Variegated Mountain Fleece
Upright, shrub-like plant with stunning white-splashed foliage and unique pink stems. Spring leaves are variegated pink and white, aging to green and white. A very marbled effect! Creamy white bloom from august until frost. Clumping habit....
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Filipendula ulmaria 'Variegata'Common Name: Queen of the Meadows
This is an upright, clump-forming perennial with creamy white flowers in early to mid summer. Bright green leaves are variegated with yellow stripes or blotches....
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Gaillardia 'Dakota Reville' PPAFCommon Name: Blanket Flower
Flowers are yellow with a red throat, a double flowering type with trumpet-shaped petals. The tight center buds are a lime green with red tips before opening. A very unique and interesting blanket flower....
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Gaura lindheimeri 'Passionate Blush' PP17,293Common Name: Butterfly Gaura
A very prolific display of fluttering flowers of beautiful pink. Red stems on this compact plant with a dense, upright, erect habit. Foliage is dark green to burgundy, with 1" long leaves. Bloom time very long, summer through fall....
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Geranium 'Sabani Blue' PP16,305Common Name: Cranesbill
This striking Geranium blooms earlier and longer than other cranesbills. The blue with darker veined flowers are large and outward facing, covering the plant....
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Geranium sanguieum 'Album'Common Name: Cranesbill
White bloom with a pinkish cast bursts brightness! Foliage turns beautiful shades of red in the fall....
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Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Westray' PP13,716Common Name: Cranesbill
This Geranium has large, mid-pink blooms and strong, dense, fragrant foliage. Foliage exhibits beautiful fall color and is evergreen....
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Geum rivale 'Flames of Passion' PP13,370Common Name: Avens
Flame-red, double blooms on a wine-red stem (just to add a little more passion) with a very upright habit and a long blooming period. Flowers very freely in the spring. Drought tolerant....
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Groundcover- Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Carpet'Common Name: Spurge
This groundcover bears waxy deep green leaves on compact stems that do not trail like the species. Spreads rapidly by underground stems. Very neat and uniform plant....
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Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'Common Name: Golden Variegated Hakone
Cool season, dwarf grass with slender stems that hold bright yellow foliage with thin green stripes, having the effect of a tiny bamboo. Green stripes flush red in the fall. Very graceful, cascading and flowing habit, gives the sence of a waterfall....
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Helenium 'Mardi Gras' PP15,124Common Name: Helen's Flower
This Helenium's flower are somewhat tie-dyed, orange-red-yellow, with a flower size of 1-2" and green foliage. Forms upright clumps with sturdy stems that sway gracefully in summer breezes....
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Helenium a. 'Gold Selection'Common Name: Helen's Flower
Clump forming, haevy bloomer with small, daisy-like yellow flowers with daps of red near the center, which begins green and matures to a shade of rust. Petals are wedge-shaped and center dome is very prominent. Foliage is alternate, lance-shaped wi...
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Helenium a. 'Red Selection'Common Name: Helen's Flower
Clump forming, heavy bloomer with small daisy-like red flowers with toothed edges.
Blooms are clean and striking. Prominent center cone is red that yellows as the the mellows. Vigorous, but not aggressive grower. Foliage is alternate, lance-shap...
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Helictotrichon sempervirens 'Sapphire'Common Name: Blue Oat Grass
Clump forming, cool season grass with pewter-blue foliage. Wonderful in masses or as a speciman. Dense foliage with a bristly dome habit. In the summer months, beige seed heads add an additional interest to this vivid grass. Holds up well in the ...
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Heliopsis helianthoides 'Loraine Sunshine' PP10,690Common Name: False Sunflower
Oxeye daisy with unique green and white variegated foliage. Relatively compact growth habit, freely branching with golden-yellow flowers....
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Helleborus 'Ivory Prince' PP16,199Common Name: Lenten Rose
Unique and Beautiful!!! Dark dusty-pink buds open to reveal outward facing, easy to view, ivory-petaled blooms on sturdy, wine-red stems. These sahdes deepen as the season prgresses. Evergreen foliage is quite spectacular, distinctively toothed lea...
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Hemerocallis 'Condilla'Common Name: Daylily
Very floriferous and large, 5" gold double blooms make this an excellent choice for the border...
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Herb- Helichrysum italicumCommon Name: Curry (Tender Perennial)
Called the curry plant because of the strong smell of its silver/white leaves, that can be used in salads and cooked food. Stems are woody at the base. The clusters of yellow flowers are produced in summer and can be used for teas or dried....
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Herb- Nepeta catariaCommon Name: Catnip (Perennial)
The plant has a strong smell of mint. Add a few fresh leaves to green salads. Either fresh or dried leaves will make a refreshing, therapeutic tea. The dried, crushed leaves can be stuffed into cloth pouches to make wonderful cat toys....
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Herb- Ocimum basilicum 'Queen of Siam'Common Name: Thai Basil (Annual)
Thai basil has slender, lush green, oval leaves with deep serrations on the edges and a more camporous aroma than sweet basil. Purplish flower buds and stems and carries anise overtones to its sweet basil scent....
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Herb- Pogostemon cablinCommon Name: Patchouli (Annual in the Midwest)
The essential oil of Patchouli is used in perfumery and aromotherapy.
Patchouli oil is probably best known as the scent of the 1960's hippie era when many youngsters traveled to India and Asia in search of enlightenment....
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Heuchera 'Tiramisu' PPAFCommon Name: Coral Bells
You truly want to serve this 'Tiramisu'!
Yellow foliage with red blotching and a cream pink bloom to top it off!
Lovely foliage glows in the semi-shade garden all summer....
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Heuchera 'Beaujolais' PPAFCommon Name: Coral Bells
'Beaujolais' is a large grower with huge, burgundy leaves with a touch of silvery and deeper purple veins. A very vigorous heuchera villosa hybrid. Heat and humidity, and salt tolerant....
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Heuchera 'Color Dream'Common Name: Coral Bells
Silver-sheened, bronze-chocolate foliage develops a distinct edge of red in mid-summer. Sprays of white flowers float above this dreamy Coral Bell in the spring....
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Heuchera 'Crimson Curls' PP13,729Common Name: Coral Bells
Vigorous, clump-forming coral bells noted for burgundy red to dark purple-brown leaves and densely curled leaf edges. Leaves fade to gray-green in the summer months. Creamy white blooms float above curly foliage on burgundy stems. A well rounded h...
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Heuchera sanguinea 'Ruby Bells'Common Name: Coral Bells
Dense mounds of rounded green foliage and enlongated stems with small, brilliant red flowers for a long period in early summer....
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Hosta 'Red October'Common Name:
Dark purplish-red petioles with lance-shaped, medium green leaves. Some red extends into the leaves....
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Iris 'Beverly Sills'Common Name: Tall Bearded Iris
This tall and dramatic Iris exhibits blooms of coral pink in late spring.
One of the most vigorous growers with extremely high bud count and near perfect branching....
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Iris 'Harvest of Memories'Common Name: Tall Bearded Iris
This Bearded Iris has radiant yellow, ruffled petals and is slightly fragrant. Rebloom in mid-season. Outstanding vigor and bud count. Drought and salt tolerant....
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Lavendula x i. 'Walberton Silver Edge' PP13,091Common Name: Lavender
An evergreen shrub with broad, cream edged, green-gray foliage with dusty blue flowers....
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Leucanthemum x superbum 'Fiona Coghill'Common Name: Shasta Daisy
Double white flowers with shorter, creamy-yellow central petals.
A showstopper and great in vases....
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Ligularia dentata 'Britt-Marie Crawford' PP16,113Common Name: Bigleaf Ligularia
This sport of 'Othello' has huge, glossy, maroon foliage that remains dark for most of the season. Wonderful yellow-orange, daisy-like flowers bloom on tall, sturdy stems. A very tropical feel to this Midwest hardy Ligularia....
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Ligularia stenocephala 'Little Rocket' PP14,621Common Name: Leopard Plant
Dwarf Ligularia with long stemmed, grayed-green leaves. Yellow-orange rocket blooms soar in the summer!...
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Lilium 'Rodolfo'Common Name: Oriental Lily
This is a beautiful, pure white Oriental Lily that possesses all the colorful, fragrant and low-care traits which its taller counterparts are known and loved for. Naturally low growing, it is ideal for planting in garden borders or patio containers....
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Lilium 'Petit Brigette'Common Name: Asiatic Lily
This bright Lilium blooms with large, pure yellow flowers on strong stems, no speckles and a very long shelf-life....
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Lilium 'Dizzy'Common Name: Oriental Lily
Large, white, open-faced flowers with dark pink-red midribs and an abundance of speckles. Wonderfully fragranced!...
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Lysimachia punctata 'Golden Alexander' PP13,547Common Name: Yellow Loosestrife
A new variegated sport of Lysimachia punctata 'Alexander'-
eas green leaf is dramatically bordered in bright gold and offset with yellow blooms.
Not as aggressive as the species....
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Monarda didyma 'Pink Lace' PP18,367Common Name: Bee Balm
New and exciting Bee Balm, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit, basal branching habit, freely flowering habit and pink colored blooms. Lipstick-pink flowers with a dark purple center are produced atop dark brown...
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Nepeta x faassenii 'Kit Kat'Common Name: Persian Catmint
Highly aromatic, gray-green foliage with lavender-blue blooms in May-August.
'Kit Kat' is a dwarf cultivar that sports smaller leaves but more numerous flowers.
Leaves are even more aromatic when crushed or bruised....
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Papaver orientale 'White Ruffles' PP18,643Common Name: Oriental Poppy
New, exotic, shorter, more floriferous breed with white, ruffled petals....
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Papaver orientale 'Little Candyfloss' PP17,573Common Name: Oriental Poppy
Exotic flowers are soft pink with black-purple spots on the base. Foliage is dark green.
This is a new, shorter, more floriferous variety....
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Papaver orientale 'Scarlet O'Hara' PP17,333Common Name: Oriental Poppy
NEW, shorter, more floriferous variety. Flowers are scarlet red with black-purple spots on the base.
Dark green foliage....
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Papaver orientale 'Fancy Feathers' PP17,348Common Name: Poppy
This is a shorter variety with large, double flowers of cherry-pink petals that are exquisitely fringed and ruffled with edges being a shade lighter. Stems are strong to hold this beautiful bloom....
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Papaver orientale 'King Kong' PPAFCommon Name: Poppy
A strong, powerful and intense poppy, maintaining the elegance of the bloom. Deep red flowers stand tall on wind resistant stems. A very tame and beautiful beast for the garden....
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Papaver orientale 'Ruffled Patty' PP18,609Common Name: Oriental Poppy
A short variety with heavily ruffled, double pinkish-purple flowers with very fringed edges and an almost black center. Very unique and exotic color bloom with an upright and vigorous growth habit....
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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Red Head'Common Name: Red Head Fountain Grass
This 'Red Head' will get all the attention in the garden! Green foliage reveals gold tones with cooler fall temperatures. Begins to show its huge, bottlebrush plumes in mid to late summer. Deep purple buds mature to long lasting smoky-purple plume...
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Phlox divaricata 'Blue Moon'Common Name: Woodland Phlox
This native Phlox is admired for its dark-blue, fragrant flowers with very full flower petals.
Woodland Phlox is a great spring bloomer....
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Phlox paniculata 'Katherine'Common Name: Garden Phlox
This tall, romantic Phlox blooms lilac-blue with a white eye.
Receives the highest marks for mildew resistance at the Chicago Botanic Garden's trials....
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Phlox paniculata 'David's Lavender' PP17,793Common Name: Garden Phlox
Large, 8" flower heads of lavender-pink above exceptionally mildew resistant foliage. Nicely scented....
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Phlox paniculata 'Wendy's House' PP18,158Common Name: Garden Phlox
A new and exciting Phlox paniculata hybrid that forms a compact clump with very dark, fuchsia-purple, non-fading flowers and mildew resistant foliage....
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Primula capitata 'Noverna Deep Blue'Common Name: Primrose
Attractive flower heads of bright blue, fluted petals held aloft by stiff, powdery-white stems above contrasting gray-green foliage....
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Pulmonaria 'Samouri'Common Name: Lungwort
'Samouri' is dangerously stunning! Dark green, heavily silvered with spots, long narrow leaves shimmers in the semi-shade garden. In spring pink buds emerge and age to a purple-blue bloom!
This plant was voted the best Pulmonaria in English trials...
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Rudbeckia 'Pot of Gold' PP11,929Common Name: Black-Eyed Susan
Compact, freely branching, vigorous, improved version of 'Goldsturm'. Both leaves and 3" flowers are larger and exhibit more vivid golden-yellow petals with a disctinctive dark brown cone. Very long lasting bloom and drought resistant. This 'Pot o...
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Salvia pratensis 'Eveline' PP14,905Common Name: Meadow Sage
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